[Wikipedia] Etymology, Native American Food, Larval Host: The species epithet parryi honors Charles Christopher Parry (1823 - 1890), the first official botanist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture who also served during the Union Pacific Eastern Division's 1867 survey of the American Southwest. During his survey expeditions, he gathered various species previously unknown to the scientific community Lomatium parryi is a plant related to celery and carrots within the Apaceae family whose roots were harvested and consumed by early Native Americans. Lomatium parryi serves as a larval host plant for certain Papilio indra subspecies in their natural habitats and can be a food source in laboratory settings for rearing P. indra subspecies. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)